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COMBINED CAR PLAT-FORM AND -FENDER.

No. 572,700. Patented Dec. 8, 1896.

WITN ESSES 2 ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

HARRINGTON FITZGERALD AND GEORGE H. ZANE, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CAR PLATFORM AND FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,700, dated December8, 1896.

l Application filed June 4,1896. Serial No. 594,202. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, HAEEINGTON FITZ- GERALD and GEORGE H. ZANE,citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented. a new and usefulImprovement in a Combined Car Platform and Fender, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings.

Our invention consists of a novel construction of combined car platformand fender in which provision is made for obviating the objections urgedagainst fenders now in use, a portion of the car-platform being utilizedas a fender and the latter when not in use being capable of beingretracted into a position under the car-platform.

It also consists of a novel construction of devices whereby we areenabled to dispense with the side steps heretofore employed, a passagebeing provided through the center of a partition which serves thefunction of the dashboard of a car, doors being located in advance ofsaid partition, which can be opened and closed at the will of theattendant.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth, and specically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a combined car platform andfender embodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalsectional view of Fig. l, showing the relative position of the partswhen in assembled position. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of themechanism for operating the side doors, the car-body being shown indotted lines. Fig. 4 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5represents a'detailed View, on an enlarged scale, of a detached portion,showing a split sleeve or clip for holding a portion of the fender-framein upright position. Fig. 6 represents a section on line a Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a car-body, and B the platformthereof, said' platform being provided with the upright sides D and thepartitions E, between which and the door or front C the motorman orattendant stands.

suitable bearings near the lower portion of the uprghts J, as indicatedin Figs. 2 and 6, whereby said frame K can be adjustedto an upright orinclined position according to requirements, said frame being ofrectangular or other desired shape and having a wire screen or nettingthereupon.

M designates arms which project forwardly from said frame K and arepivotally attached to the arms Q at the points S, said arms Qbeingjoined at their forward extremities by the cross-piece, roller, orbuffer R.

N designates a split sleeve or clip which is movably mounted on theuprights J and has its extremities or Wings P adapted to engage theframe K when the same is in upright position, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig.

2 and in full lines in Figs. 5 and 6.

T designates suitable netting or other similar material which isattached to the arms Q, thus forming a frame T', so as to protect anobject or thing struck from serious injury.

U designates pins which project from the arms Q near their rearextremities and engage the walls of the slots V in the plates V', whichare secured to the step G, as indicated in Figs. l and 2.

W designates a rod which is mounted in lsuitable bearings adjacent thepartition E and has a handle W', said rod having a ratchetwheel W2mounted thereon, which is adapted to be engaged by the nose of theipawlX, which is held in proper position by means of the spring Y. Zdesignates an arm which is secured t the lower extremity of the rod IV,in the present instance underneath the step G, said arm having attachedto one end thereof a link A', which is connected to a suitable portionof the rod B', which is attached to the door C', which is mounted insuitable bearings.

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D' designates another door or plate which is pivotally attached orhinged to said door C', said door D' having a link E', which has one endattached thereto, and its other end pivotally secured to a fixed pointF', as indicated in Figs. l and 3.

G' designates a conn ect-ion leading from the end of the bar Z oppositeits point of connection with the link A', said connection G' having anoffset curved portion III', in order to enable the bar Z to clear whenthe handle NV' is operated.

J' designates the mechanism for operating the doors K' and L', saidmechanism being substantially the same as that already described withreference to the doors C' and D', and therefore requiring no furtherdescription.

The operation is as follows: If we assume the end of the car seen inFig. l to be progressing toward the left, the parts will be placed inthe position seen therein, the frame K being inclined as indicated,whereby the arms Q and the frame T' are caused to project forwardly, andthe fender is in operative position, and in case an object is struckthereby it will be caught up and prevented from serious injury.

The construction at each end of the car is substantially identical, andif we now assume the car to be going in the direction indicated by thearrow a, or to the right, the end seen in Fig. l will be the rear end,whereupon the attendant simply turns the frame K so that it assumes anupright position, as seen dotted in Fig. 2, said frame being held thereby the clips or sleeves N, which engage therewith, as indicated in Figs.5 and 6, the arms Q and M, the frame T', and the buffer R being nowwithdrawn or retracted under the step G into the position seen in dottedlines in Fig. 2. When said frame K is in upright position, the ingressand egress of passengers is permitted through only the rear of the car,the attendant opening the doors D' C' and K' L' at the proper intervalsby simply turning the 11andle W', it being thus apparent that allpassengers must first step upon the step G and thence pass through thepassage F onto the platform B and thence into the interior of the car,the liability of accidents being greatly diminished, since no person canenter or leave the car except when the doors C' D' or K' L' are opened,and these doors, being under the control of the attendant, can only beopened lwhen the car is stationary, it being also noted that the frameK, when in upright position, serves as the rear dashboard.

The operation of the doors will,it is thought, be apparent from Fig. 3,the rotation of the rod W causing the link A' to move in the directionindicated, thus opening the door C' in the direction of the arrow b inFig. l, a further rotation of the rod WV causing the door D' to foldupon the door C', as indicated in dotted lines, by reason of the mannerof connecting the rod E' thereto, and the position of the doors when inpartial and fully open position being evident from the bottom of Fig. S,as seen in dotted lilies.

In the preferred embodiment of our invention we provide the rod G' withan enlarged portion G2,which has the slot Gsthereimwhose walls areengaged by the pin G4, whereby said rod G' is guided in its movement andthe liability of a dead-center is avoided. In like manner the link A' isprovided with an eX- tension A2, which has a thickened portion A3, inwhich is the slot A4, the walls of which are engaged by the pin A5,around which the rodA A2 moves.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a combined car platform and fender, a platform having a partitionwith a passage therein, a step in advance of said platform, a sectionalfender pivotally mounted in advance of said partition on said step, andhaving a section covering the same.

2. In a device of the character described, a car-platform having apartition thereon,a passage through said partition, a step in advance ofthe latter, and doors on the side of said step, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a device of the character described, a car-platform having apartition thereon with a passage therethrough, a step, doors in advanceof said partition at a side of said step, means for actuating saiddoors, and a fender pivotally mounted in advance of said ypartition,substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, a car-platform, a step inadvance thereof, doors on each side of said step, uprights at theforward corners of the latter, and frames pivoted to said uprights andadapted to form a fender, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, a ear-platform, a step inadvance thereof, a fen der pivotally mounted on said step, and having aframe and forwardly-projecting arms, said frame being adapted to beplaced in upright or inclined position, slotted plates under said step,and pins in said arms adapted to engage the slots in said plates,substantially as described.

G. In a combined car platform and fender, a car-platform, a step inadvance thereof, uprights located at the forward corners of said step,aframe pivotally mounted near the lower portion of said uprights, andsplit sleeves or clips adapted to sustain said frame in an uprightposition when desired, substantially as described.

7. In a combined car platform and fender, a car-platform, a step inadvance thereof but on a lower level, doors hinged at the side to saidstep, and means for operating said doors in unison, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a combined car platform and fender, a car-platform, a step inadvance thereof but on a lower level, and a fender pivotally mountedwith respect to said step, in combination IOO IIC

`with doors located at the side of said step,

and means for operating said doors, substantially as described.

9. In a combined car platform and fender, a step, a door at the side ofthe fender with mechanism for operating the same, a second door hingedto said first-mentioned door, and a rod pivoted at one end to an armsecured to said second door, and at Vits other end to a xed point, saidparts being combined substantially as described.

10. A door-operating mechanism, a car, a plurality of doors on each sidethereof, said doors being hinged to each other a connection from one ofsaid doors on each side to a fixed point a bar movably mounted, aslotted rod extending from said bar to one of said doors, a pin engagingthe slot in said rod, a

link extending from said bar to one of said doors, a slotted extensionon said link and a pin engaging the same, substantially as described.

1l. In a combined car platform and fender,a door at the side of thefender, an upright rotating rod having suitable bearings, an arm rigidlysecured to the lower end of said rod, an arm connected With said door, alink connecting said arms having a slotted portion, and a fixed pinentering the slot therein, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

HARRINGTON FITZGERALD. GEORGE H. ZANE. Witnesses:

. JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

E. I-IAYWARD FAIRBANKS.

